Students and staff constitute and give meaning to universities—and it is students and staff who should directly and co-operatively control their learning, their teaching, their research, and their contributions to the common good. At the time of writing, students and staff at the University of Edinburgh are 14 days into an occupation of one of…

As part of the Festival of Creative Learning and feeding into the Near Future Teaching project at the University of Edinburgh, Dr Jeremy Knox of the Centre for Research in Digital Education and I conducted a Near Future Teaching session called Internet of (Campus) Things at the uCreate Studio. We had done a similar session…

Friday saw a Future Teacher event at the Moray House School of Education on the subject of learning analytics and its role in the future of the university. Much promise, much potential, and lots of messy, but promising developments. The event was organised by Anne-Marie Scott of Learning, Teaching and Web Services, and the speakers were Dragan Gasevic, Yi-Shan Tsai, and Jeremy…

We have received a second batch of works emerging as a result of a recent workshop on Future Fictions for Near Future Teaching. We are eager to present these here, two works imagining, in their own way, the future of the University of Edinburgh. Many thanks to James and Ana. I once dreamt I had a surface…

As a result of a recent workshop on Future Fictions for Near Future Teaching, we have been fortunate enough to receive some of the work emerging from that event by several of the participants. We present these here, four works imagining, in their own way, the future of the University of Edinburgh. Many thanks to Daphne Loads,…

Exciting discussions on the use of VR in education and what values it may hold in the future! #VR @Jisc_AR @IF_Edinburgh— Elaine Ford (@ElaineDFord) November 2, 2017 A recent event organised by our colleagues at the Institute for Academic Development for the Future Teacher initiative explored the use of virtual reality currently and its potential use for…

This session was delivered by Chris Speed and Kate Symons from the Centre for Design Informatics. Chris and Kate have made a fine art of the blockchain workshop they’ve developed to get people thinking creatively, and critically, about the implications of distributed ledger technology. Blockchain round 1! @NearFutureTeach pic.twitter.com/o7BqdhYWkn— Sian Bayne (@sbayne) October 27, 2017 Opening up the prospect of significant changes…

Hands-on the Future of Teaching | Near Future TeachingGet hands-on with 3D printing, virtual and augmented reality and more, discussing what technologies might be used in future classrooms at the University of Edinburgh, and discuss how our values can influence the decisions we make about technology for teaching.ed The Near Future Teaching project held a recent event…